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namespace GeoAPI.CoordinateSystems.Transformations
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Creates coordinate transformations.
	/// </summary>
	public interface ICoordinateTransformationFactory
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// Creates a transformation between two coordinate systems.
		/// </summary>
		/// <remarks>
		/// This method will examine the coordinate systems in order to construct
		/// a transformation between them. This method may fail if no path between 
		/// the coordinate systems is found, using the normal failing behavior of 
		/// the DCP (e.g. throwing an exception).</remarks>
		/// <param name="sourceCS">Source coordinate system</param>
		/// <param name="targetCS">Target coordinate system</param>
		/// <returns></returns>
		ICoordinateTransformation CreateFromCoordinateSystems(ICoordinateSystem sourceCS, ICoordinateSystem targetCS);
	}
}
